diff --git a/lila b/lila
index 8fcd51fe9d..cc95c61513 100755
--- a/lila
+++ b/lila
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ fi
 
 java_env="-Dreactivemongo.api.bson.document.strict=false"
 
-echo "
+cat << "BANNER"
    |\_    _ _      _
-  /o \\\\  | (_) ___| |__   ___  ___ ___   ___  _ __ __ _
- (_. ||  | | |/ __| '_ \ / _ \/ __/ __| / _ \| '__/ _\` |
-  /__\\\\  | | | (__| | | |  __/\__ \__ \| (_) | | | (_| |
+   /o \  | (_) ___| |__   ___  ___ ___   ___  _ __ __ _
+ (_. ||  | | |/ __| '_ \ / _ \/ __/ __| / _ \| '__/ _` |
+   /__\  | | | (__| | | |  __/\__ \__ \| (_) | | | (_| |
   )___(  |_|_|\___|_| |_|\___||___/___(_)___/|_|  \__, |
-                                                  |___/"
+                                                   |___/
+BANNER
+
 version=$(java -version 2>&1 | awk -F '"' '/version/ {print $2}')
 echo Java "$version"